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The Fannish E-Zine of the West Coast Science Fiction Association Dedicated to Promoting the West Coast Science Fiction Community #9 May 2008 WCSFAzine The Fannish E-zine of the West Coast Science Fiction Association Dedicated to Promoting the West Coast Science Fiction Community #9 May 2008 PROGRAM BOOK COVER FOR ALBERTA’S FIRST SCI-FI CONVENTION THE ALBERTA SCIENCE FICTION SOCIETY OPEN HOUSE, THURSDAY JULY 1ST 1971 1 IMPORTANT STUFF YOU CAN SAFELY IGNORE WCSFAzine Issue # 9, May 2008, Volume 2, Number 5, Whole number 9, is the monthly E-zine of the West Coast Science Fiction Association ( founded 1993 ), a registered society with the general mandate of promoting Science Fiction and the specific focus of sponsoring the annual VCON Science Fiction Convention ( founded 1971 ). Anyone who attends VCON is automatically a member of WCSFA, as is anyone who belongs to the British Columbia Science Fiction Association, a social organization ( founded 1970 ) which is the proud owner of the VCON trademark. Said memberships involve voting privileges at WCSFA meetings. Current Executive of WCSFA: President: Palle Hoffstein. Vice-President/VCON Hotel Liaison: Keith Lim. Treasurer: Tatina Osokin. Secretary, & Archivist: R. Graeme Cameron. Member-At-Large: Danielle Stephens (VCON 33 Chair ). Member-At-Large: Deej Barens. Member-At-Large: Christina Carr. Since WCSFAzine is NOT the official organ of WCSFA, the act of reading WCSFAzine does not constitute membership in WCSFA or grant voting privileges in WCSFA. Therefore you don’t have to worry about WCSFA policies, debates, finances, decisions, etc. Unless you want to. Active volunteers always welcome. WCSFA Website: < http://www.user.dccnet.com/clintbudd/WCSFA/ > IMPORTANT STUFF THAT IS VERY COOL Your membership fee: Nothing! Send your subscription fee to: Nobody! Your responsibilities: None! Your obligations: None! Membership requirements: None! Got something better to do: No problem! WCSFAzine IS a fannish E-zine publication sponsored by WCSFA to promote and celebrate every and all aspects of the Science Fiction Community on the West Coast of Canada. You can download the latest issue ( and past issues ) from < http://efanzines.com > or contact the Editor at: < [email protected] > and ask me to email you a PDF version of each issue as soon as it is ready. WCSFAzine is not intended to be an information newswire service, or an industry promotional outlet, but rather an eclectic ongoing anthology of bits and pieces of nifty rumours and misinformation as viewed through a fannish lens. You can expect the focus to be on the West Coast, but with a peripheral vision including the entire world of fandom. Anticipate info on upcoming books, fannish events, local clubs and conventions, film reviews, short essays, weird cover art, spin doctor publicity announcements, peculiar speculations and astounding bits of trivia to put you in touch with your fannish heritage. WCSFAzine is not intended to be the perzine of the editor, though I will filter everything through my alleged wry sense of imbecility humour. You, and I mean YOU (!) are invited to submit short ( VERY short – say 2 to 3 paragraph ) articles, mini-essays, letters of comment, art fillers ( small pieces of art ) and/or cover art to the Editor at: R.G. Cameron, Apt 72G – 13315 104 th Ave, Surrey, B.C., V3T 1V5. Or submissions in both electronic text and B & W line drawing in jpg form to: < [email protected] > Particularly interested in personal experience/view/opinion/review articles, preferably light in tone. Also any interesting news. No pay, but plenty of egoboo. Cheers all! The Graeme 2 CONTENTS: 01………. Cover art: Bob Gibson 02………. Important Stuff. 03………. Contents & Editorial. 06………. How I Got Mugged, or, Late Breaking News. 05………. Hidden History of VCON 2: Part Four. 09………. CUFF Trip Report Part Two. 11………. Ad Astra 2008 Convention Review by Lloyd Penney. 12………. KingCon 1967, Toronto Triple Fan Fair 1968. 15………. Alberta Science Fiction Society Open House 1971. 17………. OromoctoCon 1970. 18………. Halcon 3 1980. 19………. Sci-Fi On The Rock Convention #2 a Success! 20………. Pre-Reg Now for VCON 33 in 2008! 21………. Retro Canadian Fanzines: The Voice #3 ( 1946 ). 23………. Taral Wayne Art Gallery Website Now Online! / Arthur C. Clarke: Fan ( 1917 – 2008 ). 26………. Latest Efanzines Added To Efanzines.com / Ask Mr. Science! 27………. 2008 FAAn Awards! 28………. 2008 Aurora Ballot Info. 31………. Ongoing Saga of Promoting Alyx J. Shaw’s ‘A STRANGE PLACE IN TIME’ Fantasy Novel. 33………. Author Happenings of Local Interest. 38………. Retro Film Review: The Slime People ( 1962 ). 40………. Upcoming Nifty Film Projects / Upcoming Conventions. 41………. Local Events. 42………. Local Sci-Fi Clubs. 43………. Non Local Canadian Sci-Fi Clubs. 45………. Canadian Sci-Fi Facebook Sites. 46………. Canadian Sci-Fi Websites of Interest / Letters of Comment. 49………. Ads for Them as We Like. Note: All unaccredited articles are by the Ghod-Editor. ART CREDITS: Cover: Bob Gibson Derek Carter: 12, 13 & 27. Peter Barss: 19 ( photo ). William Rotsler: 28. EDITORIAL Great Ghu! Last issue I forgot to include a photo of Fred Hurter Jr. in my review of his 1940s/50s fanzine CENSORED. So instead of the usual generic clip art Space Cadet I have a photo of one specific Canadian Space Cadet, Fred Hurter Jr! Meanwhile this issue is rather late. It’s because I got mugged by a local strong-arm street thug and was in no condition for about a week to read, let alone write. I is better now, though still in pain. The full story follows this editorial. You know how faneds are, never letting any minor story or quote go to waste. Typical faned. I swear I had intended to review a number of zines. Had even gone to the trouble of downloading a bunch from Efanzines.com to read at my leisure offline. But fate intervened. This is why a number of the usual articles are missing. Still, this is my biggest issue yet I think. Methinks I should hold myself to 50 pages maximum, otherwise it starts to get ridiculous. Meanwhile I’ve begun work on the June issue, already have several articles completed…. Well, pasted in. Work I’d done in the dim and distant past which I thought worth reprinting. As per instance a review of FIRE MAIDENS OF OUTER SPACE, a ‘classic’ British film I’m certain you’ll enjoy reading about. Let the anticipation build! I should have the next issue finished by June 1st. Many thanks to Bill Burns at < http://www.efanzines.com > for hosting. Please send me feedback! < [email protected] > Cheers! Ghod-Editor The Graeme 3 LATE BREAKING NEWS WELL, FORTUNATELY NOT QUITE BREAKING OR: HOW I GOT MUGGED -- A NOVEL EXCUSE FOR BEING LATE WITH THIS ISSUE Here is the email I sent out a couple of days after the event: Greetings all. Next issue of WCSFazine on hold for the moment. I got mugged and robbed Saturday evening walking home with groceries from Safeway. First blow to the head knocked me down, followed by multiple kicks to the head & body. Stupidly I got to my knees and tried to fight back but he pummeled my head with another 5 or 6 blows before knocking me down a second time. More kicks. At that point I realized he wasn't demanding anything, just swearing at me, for all I knew all he wanted to do was kill me, so I shouted "Take anything you want" at which point he said "gimme your wallet". I gave it to him. "Anything else?" he demanded. "No." "Don't move or I'll kill you". Whereupon he put the wallet in his pocket and calmly walked away. There were three or four people passing by on the sidewalk while this was happening but they didn't say or do anything, just kept on walking. The guy was a professional thug. Obviously he had targeted me as an older guy loaded down with groceries, an easy mark. I was cutting through a parking lot. He must have hurried along the sidewalk timing his movement precisely to swing around a skytrain pillar just as I was passing between the pillar and the corner of a building, about to step on to the sidewalk. There was no advance confrontation. My first indication something was wrong was a glimpse of his fist out of the corner of my eye just before it impacted the side of my head and knocked me down. Then he was all over me, punching and kicking and shouting "fuck you!' over and over. Intimidation tactics. The guy obviously does this for a living. God knows how many people he's attacked so far. ( The ambulance attendant remarked "Nothing but assaults all day on this shift. Typical Saturday." ) I got up on my knees, looked around, nobody stopping or coming over to help. Could still see the guy in the distance walking toward the skytrain station. I was afraid he'd open the wallet, discover it was empty of cash, come back and finish me off. I don't have a cell phone. Nobody was offering to let me use one. So I gathered up my groceries and staggered two blocks home, asking Alyx to call 911 as I came through the door. While I was waiting for the police I had the presence of mind to go online and transfer all my money from our joint account into my wife'’s saving account. He had got my bank card after all, also Care card, SIN card, BC ID, etc. But I don't have a credit card. So no loss there. However, he, or the person he sells my cards to, can open bank accounts in my name, apply for credit cards, have a false identity ( mine ) and cause me no end of troubles in terms of identity theft.
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